"Hey, look at this little mouth, how cute and upturned it is, just like when I was a child." Children grow up quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the eldest grandson of the emperor, Zhu Yixuan, is one month old. On this day, Zhu Hengjia ordered the crown prince and his wife to take the little one.
The grandson went to Kunning Palace to show himself and Queen Shi.
Since he had his grandson, he would go to the East Palace from time to time to experience the joy of playing with his grandson. However, the child was still too young, so he specifically asked not to take him out of the East Palace to avoid the cold. It was not until after the full moon that he remembered
, it seemed that the queen had not seen her little grandson before, so she felt kindhearted and ordered her son and daughter-in-law to take Zhu Yixuan to show the queen.
Empress Shi held her grandson in her arms, grinning from ear to ear. Hearing this, she smiled and said, "How did your majesty know what happened when you were a baby? How did you know that the emperor's eldest grandson looked like you when you were a child?"
Zhu Hengjia almost wanted to say, I have seen photos of myself when I was a child, but I thought it was wrong. Now I have traveled to ancient times. Where did the photos come from? He said hurriedly: "I heard it from my mother." After he ascended the throne, he has already
I posthumously named my parents emperor and empress. When I mentioned the words mother and queen, I couldn't help but think of my parents in my previous life, and my eyes became red.
When Queen Shi saw this, she thought he was thinking of the old princess who had passed away, so she quickly changed the subject and said: "Your Majesty, look, this child stretches out his hand, seems to want to grab something?"
Zhu Hengjia took a look and saw that the little grandson stretched out his two small hands and raised them upward, as if he was really trying to catch something.
He couldn't help laughing and picked up Zhu Yixuan, "My grandson, what do you want? I'll give it to you."
Zhu Yixuan seemed to understand his grandfather's words. He kicked his little feet in Zhu Hengjia's arms, danced, and suddenly grabbed a crystal clear object around his waist and refused to let go.
"My dear grandson, you want this. Okay, okay, I'll give it to you." Zhu Hengjia happily took off the object and gave it to the little guy to play with, but it turned out to be a piece of jade.
Jade Gui, the name of ancient jade, is a ritual vessel used by ancient emperors and princes for appointments, sacrifices, and funerals. At that time, the emperor of Zhou divided the princes and gave each of them a jade Gui, which they held in their hands during pilgrimage. They were of different sizes, representing
There are different titles. The Gui used by the emperor is naturally very different from the Huan Gui (Duke), Xin Gui (Marquis), Gong Gui (Earl), Gu Bi (Viscount), Pu Bi (Baron), etc. used by the princes and ministers.
People use Dagui and Zhengui.
The piece that the little guy is interested in is the Zhengui, which is a ritual vessel held by the emperor during court ceremonies. It is one foot long and two feet long. It is carved with the mountains of the four towns, which means stability in all directions. It is probably the carvings on the Gui.
It attracted him, and he refused to let go.
In fact, Gui became less popular after the Warring States Period. Emperors of each generation only used it to follow the ancient system and embellish the court's majesty. During this morning's court, Zhu Hengjia accepted tribute from dozens of vassal states and used it as a
He got a prop. He just retired from the court and didn't bother to hand Gui to the chamberlain, so he was in a hurry to see his grandson. He was the emperor immediately, so he didn't care about etiquette. He tied Zhen Gui's imperial robe and came in a hurry.
Kunning Palace. It happened to be a toy for the little guy.
"Your Majesty, this is impossible. This treasure belongs to the emperor, how can it be given to Xuan's grandson?" Queen Shi quickly persuaded her, her brows filled with joy.
Zhu Hengjia immediately realized that this was a symbol of the emperor and could not be given to his grandson, but he said nonchalantly: "Oh, it's just a piece of jade. The worst I can do is let them carve another one."
"The gift cannot be discarded. Xuan'er will never dare to accept this thing." The Crown Princess Sun, who was ordered to take Zhu Yixuan into Kunning Palace, hurriedly knelt on the ground and firmly refused.
Zhu Hengjia is greatly comforted. Yes, his daughter-in-law is very sensible and measured!
However, he was in trouble. The majestic emperor, who spoke so eloquently, just said clearly that he would give this gift to his grandson, how could he have the nerve to break his promise?
The eunuch He Liang, the eunuch Bingbi who was serving on the side, saw this and hurriedly reported: "I would like to draw this Zhengui for the emperor's grandson."
Zhu Hengjia glanced at He Liang approvingly and said: "That's right."
He Liang was a master of painting in the palace. He took the pen and ink and painted a vivid picture of Zhen Gui in a short time.
Zhu Yixuan was attracted and took away his attention, so he let go of Jin Jingyu and started playing with the paper Jingyu. He had so much fun that he finally tore up the paper.
An embarrassment disappeared.
However, such a small sneeze in the palace turned into a storm under the manipulation of thoughtful people.
Soon, word spread in the court: "The Holy One praised the Emperor's grandson for his intelligence and said that he looked like the old man when he was a child."
Sun"??
Finally, it was passed around that Emperor Guangwu wanted to make the newly born Zhu Yixuan the emperor's grandson.
The storm is brewing and is about to break out.
First, Bao Shimei, the imperial censor of Qiandu, Zhang Hong, the supervisory censor, Wang Bohan, and other officials went to the officials, saying that the emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Yi showed off his natural beauty and intelligence, and in order to ensure that the Ming Dynasty continued for generations, he asked to be appointed as the emperor's grandson; then, Zhang Shangqi, the minister of household affairs
, Xia Rubi, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice, Guo Fengqian, the right minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Tang Zhen, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and other capital officials followed suit; then, governors from various places also came to join in the fun, including Tong Yangjia, the governor of Liaodong, Gu Chaojian, the governor of Heilongjiang, and Wang Yunkai, the governor of Yunnan.
Shi Dacheng, the governor of Outer Mongolia, Guan Siqiu, the governor of Beihai, Zhang Dai, the chief envoy of Beihai, Zhou Maoglu, the chief envoy of Nerchinsk, Jiang Wuhuan, the inspector general of Yakutsk, and Li Yucheng, the inspector general of Tomsk, etc. successively came forward;
Finally, important ministers in the court, such as Duke Shi Qiwen of Dian State, Duke Yan Tianfeng of Fujian State, Duke Li Mingzhong of Chang State, Duke Li Dingguo of Qin State, Guan Shouzhen, the great scholar of Wenhua Palace, and Gu Yi, the great scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, could not sit still any longer; even those who had become official at home could not stand still.
He Wuzou and Sun Guangwei, the Marquis of Nanling who were far away in northern Xinjiang, all came up to ask for the title of Emperor Taisun Shu.
"That's unreasonable! What do they want to do? Do they want to hold me hostage?"
In the Qianqing Palace in Nanjing, the old emperor was so angry that he slapped the imperial cabinet and even knocked down several imperial cups.
It is true that he likes his grandson Zhu Yixuan, but it does not mean that he is willing to make him the emperor's grandson. Once he appoints the emperor's grandson, it will send a clear political signal to the ministers in the court. The status of the crown prince will be more consolidated, and the ministers who will defect to him will
There will be more and more, and the power will become bigger and bigger. What if you can’t wait until you die of old age and want to seize power in advance?
Although he has never had any intention of changing the crown prince, and is willing to hand over the country to his eldest son or grandson after his death, but that must be after his death! Although he is getting older day by day and his head is dizzy,
His eyes were dazzled, and even the stiff bow that he often drew when he was young could no longer draw the string, but his mind was still clear, and he had not yet reached the point of senile dementia and had to hand over power. In order to prevent his eldest son from seizing power in advance, he deliberately suppressed the princelings
He also deliberately supported the prince's two younger brothers, King Ji and King Yu, as a check and balance.
But now, from the invitation to confer the emperor's grandson, the old emperor saw the terrifying strength of the princelings. These people include Conglong heroes, feudal officials, generals who lead troops, and officials who speak out... It's terrible! If
If we don’t suppress it, will this country belong to me or to the crown prince?
The old emperor calmed down and decided to stay in the middle to see how much power this eldest son had.
This chapter has been completed!